The Role of Video Games in Second Language Acquisition and Attitudes Towards Video Game-Based Language Learning

Abstract

This thesis examines the role of video games in secondary langauge acquisition and the general attitudes towards video game-based language learning. It builds on the data collected by a questionairre that explored how participants percived that video games have helped them in language learning, focusing on English skills, such as vocabulary, reading, and speaking. The results show that reading, listening, and vocabulary improved the most with the help of several features of video games. Participants also expressed a generally positive attitude towards video game-based language learning and highllited several factors which proves that video games can be useful language learning tools. Overall, this study showed that video games can be helpful supplementary tools in English learning.